News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE concludes training seminars on torture prevention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars on monitoring of children's institutions for participants of National Preventive Mechanism for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment (NPM) concluded on 29 August 2017 in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
Programme Office in Dushanbe conducts capacity-building seminar on human rights guarantees for detained persons
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
The OSCE’s Programme Office in Dushanbe opened a three-day training seminar on the rights of persons arrested and detained by law enforcement agencies on 29 August 2017 in Dushanbe...
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains teachers from vocational schools on gender equality and women’s rights
Publishing date: 28 August 2017
Forty-six teachers from vocational schools throughout Moldova completed a Train the Trainer programme and learned new techniques for achieving gender equality and improving their skills in the promotion of women’s rights in the field of education. The training course, organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova in partnership with the Ministry of Education, Culture and Research, took place from 22 to 25 August 2017 in Chisinau...
Condemning deadly attack in Charlottesville, ODIHR Director calls for leaders and authorities to counter racist rhetoric, investigate as possible hate crime, and ensure safety of peaceful demonstrators
Publishing date: 15 August 2017
WARSAW, 15 August 2017- Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), today condemned the violent attack by a suspected white supremacist in the United States on Saturday that caused one death and injured at least 19 people...
OSCE Mission remains committed to close co-operation with Ombudsman institution of Montenegro
Publishing date: 31 July 2017
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro recognizes the important role of the Ombudsman institution, and remains committed to strengthening its co-operation, said the Head of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Maryse Daviet, in a meeting with the Ombudsman, Šućko Baković, on 28 July 2017 in Podgorica...
OSCE promotes implementation of Istanbul Protocol to help torture victims in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 July 2017
An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar titled “Effective Investigation and Documentation of Torture and Other Inhuman Treatment in Accordance with the Istanbul Protocol” started on 24 July 2017 in Astana...
Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir takes up post as new ODIHR Director
Publishing date: 21 July 2017
WARSAW, 21 July 2017 – Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir of Iceland assumed her new duties on Friday as Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...